no, drihorn, i know exactly what you mean. i've had this game since release, and not ONCE has it frozen/crashed on me. at least not until this latest update. i have all my drivers and everything updated, and running the benchmark around 3 months ago, my computer got around 4000 something (nothing to brag about), so it should run completely fine.
however, after the 1-12-04 update, FFXI crashes like no other on me. starting yesterday, (1-15-04), it started crashing on me for the first time since the game's release. and today, it crashed about 7 times. so, i sent in a report to playonline. now, i'm just going to watch the godfather II, becuase i don't want to deal with it anymore. can't PT, and doing everything else is just rediculous if i have to keep starting it up.